Abstract

Havigrust (in Hurlock, 1996) suggest that choosing our significant one and getting married is one of the development objectives that must be experiencing by each individual. The objective to held marriage for husband and wife is to legitimize sexual relationship as humanity demand, to create a family based of loving and caring, also to give birth to the next generation. (Ramulyo, 2002: 27). Children existence has real meaning whether from economy, social, psychology and religion point of view. However, in its realization it is not always easy to have children as expected. Based on the problem formulation, this study’s objective is to discover deeperdescription of marriage satisfaction in couple without children, and factors that brings effect toward their marriage life although they didn’t have any children. This study is a qualitative one, study conducted in 16­31 of January 2010 by sampling two couple who doesn’t have children (four people). Study is using interview and observation method, also using data validity check by source triangulation. From this study author might conclude that marriage satisfaction image of the two couple being studied has bring quite different result, where for the first couple that is ZM and DH tend to feel satisfy with their marriage life because all 7 marriage satisfaction component has been fulfilled, although they didn’t have any children. While for the second couple that is IJ and MK basically feeling satisfy with their marriage life though they felt something missing by the absence of children within the family. For factors influencing marriage satisfaction although not having children in both couple has several similarities such as (1) subject couple is kindhearted and respectful couple, (2) they accept and fulfill each others strength and weaknesses, (3) conducive and supporting family environment, and (5) subject has submit to fate and accepting the fact that this is might be the best given to them from Allah.